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<p>The Main Event Loop — manages all available sources of events</p>
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#include &lt;glib.h&gt;

                    <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop">GMainLoop</a>;
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="returnvalue">GMainLoop</span></a> *         <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-new" title="g_main_loop_new ()">g_main_loop_new</a>                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> is_running</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="returnvalue">GMainLoop</span></a> *         <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-ref" title="g_main_loop_ref ()">g_main_loop_ref</a>                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-unref" title="g_main_loop_unref ()">g_main_loop_unref</a>                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()">g_main_loop_run</a>                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-quit" title="g_main_loop_quit ()">g_main_loop_quit</a>                    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-is-running" title="g_main_loop_is_running ()">g_main_loop_is_running</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-get-context" title="g_main_loop_get_context ()">g_main_loop_get_context</a>             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-new" title="g_main_new()">g_main_new</a>                          (is_running)
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-destroy" title="g_main_destroy()">g_main_destroy</a>                      (loop)
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-run" title="g_main_run()">g_main_run</a>                          (loop)
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-quit" title="g_main_quit()">g_main_quit</a>                         (loop)
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-is-running" title="g_main_is_running()">g_main_is_running</a>                   (loop)

#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH">G_PRIORITY_HIGH</a>
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</a>
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE">G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE</a>
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE</a>
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-LOW:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_LOW">G_PRIORITY_LOW</a>

                    <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext">GMainContext</a>;
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-new" title="g_main_context_new ()">g_main_context_new</a>                  (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-ref" title="g_main_context_ref ()">g_main_context_ref</a>                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-unref" title="g_main_context_unref ()">g_main_context_unref</a>                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-default" title="g_main_context_default ()">g_main_context_default</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-iteration" title="g_main_context_iteration ()">g_main_context_iteration</a>            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> may_block</code></em>);
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-iteration" title="g_main_iteration()">g_main_iteration</a>                    (may_block)
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-pending" title="g_main_context_pending ()">g_main_context_pending</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-pending" title="g_main_pending">g_main_pending</a>
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-find-source-by-id" title="g_main_context_find_source_by_id ()">g_main_context_find_source_by_id</a>    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> source_id</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-find-source-by-user-data" title="g_main_context_find_source_by_user_data ()">g_main_context_find_source_by_user_data</a>
                                                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-find-source-by-funcs-user-data" title="g_main_context_find_source_by_funcs_user_data ()">g_main_context_find_source_by_funcs_user_data</a>
                                                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *funcs</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-wakeup" title="g_main_context_wakeup ()">g_main_context_wakeup</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-acquire" title="g_main_context_acquire ()">g_main_context_acquire</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-release" title="g_main_context_release ()">g_main_context_release</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-is-owner" title="g_main_context_is_owner ()">g_main_context_is_owner</a>             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-wait" title="g_main_context_wait ()">g_main_context_wait</a>                 (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Threads.html#GCond" title="GCond"><span class="type">GCond</span></a> *cond</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Threads.html#GMutex" title="GMutex"><span class="type">GMutex</span></a> *mutex</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-prepare" title="g_main_context_prepare ()">g_main_context_prepare</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> *priority</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-query" title="g_main_context_query ()">g_main_context_query</a>                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> max_priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> *timeout_</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> n_fds</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-check" title="g_main_context_check ()">g_main_context_check</a>                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> max_priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> n_fds</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-dispatch" title="g_main_context_dispatch ()">g_main_context_dispatch</a>             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-set-poll-func" title="g_main_context_set_poll_func ()">g_main_context_set_poll_func</a>        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFunc" title="GPollFunc ()"><span class="type">GPollFunc</span></a> func</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFunc" title="GPollFunc ()"><span class="returnvalue">GPollFunc</span></a>           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-get-poll-func" title="g_main_context_get_poll_func ()">g_main_context_get_poll_func</a>        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                (<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFunc" title="GPollFunc ()">*GPollFunc</a>)                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *ufds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> nfsd</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> timeout_</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-add-poll" title="g_main_context_add_poll ()">g_main_context_add_poll</a>             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-remove-poll" title="g_main_context_remove_poll ()">g_main_context_remove_poll</a>          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-depth" title="g_main_depth ()">g_main_depth</a>                        (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-current-source" title="g_main_current_source ()">g_main_current_source</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-set-poll-func" title="g_main_set_poll_func()">g_main_set_poll_func</a>                (func)

<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-get-thread-default" title="g_main_context_get_thread_default ()">g_main_context_get_thread_default</a>   (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-push-thread-default" title="g_main_context_push_thread_default ()">g_main_context_push_thread_default</a>  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-pop-thread-default" title="g_main_context_pop_thread_default ()">g_main_context_pop_thread_default</a>   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);

<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-source-new" title="g_timeout_source_new ()">g_timeout_source_new</a>                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-source-new-seconds" title="g_timeout_source_new_seconds ()">g_timeout_source_new_seconds</a>        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()">g_timeout_add</a>                       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add-full" title="g_timeout_add_full ()">g_timeout_add_full</a>                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add-seconds" title="g_timeout_add_seconds ()">g_timeout_add_seconds</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add-seconds-full" title="g_timeout_add_seconds_full ()">g_timeout_add_seconds_full</a>          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);

<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-source-new" title="g_idle_source_new ()">g_idle_source_new</a>                   (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add" title="g_idle_add ()">g_idle_add</a>                          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add-full" title="g_idle_add_full ()">g_idle_add_full</a>                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-remove-by-data" title="g_idle_remove_by_data ()">g_idle_remove_by_data</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);

typedef             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid">GPid</a>;
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                (<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GChildWatchFunc" title="GChildWatchFunc ()">*GChildWatchFunc</a>)                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> status</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-source-new" title="g_child_watch_source_new ()">g_child_watch_source_new</a>            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-add" title="g_child_watch_add ()">g_child_watch_add</a>                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GChildWatchFunc" title="GChildWatchFunc ()"><span class="type">GChildWatchFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-add-full" title="g_child_watch_add_full ()">g_child_watch_add_full</a>              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GChildWatchFunc" title="GChildWatchFunc ()"><span class="type">GChildWatchFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);

                    <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD">GPollFD</a>;
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-poll" title="g_poll ()">g_poll</a>                              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> nfds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> timeout</code></em>);
#define             <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-POLLFD-FORMAT:CAPS" title="G_POLLFD_FORMAT">G_POLLFD_FORMAT</a>

                    <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource">GSource</a>;
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                (<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceDummyMarshal" title="GSourceDummyMarshal ()">*GSourceDummyMarshal</a>)              (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);
                    <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs">GSourceFuncs</a>;
                    <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceCallbackFuncs" title="GSourceCallbackFuncs">GSourceCallbackFuncs</a>;
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-new" title="g_source_new ()">g_source_new</a>                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *source_funcs</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> struct_size</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-ref" title="g_source_ref ()">g_source_ref</a>                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-unref" title="g_source_unref ()">g_source_unref</a>                      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-funcs" title="g_source_set_funcs ()">g_source_set_funcs</a>                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *funcs</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()">g_source_attach</a>                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-destroy" title="g_source_destroy ()">g_source_destroy</a>                    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-is-destroyed" title="g_source_is_destroyed ()">g_source_is_destroyed</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-priority" title="g_source_set_priority ()">g_source_set_priority</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-priority" title="g_source_get_priority ()">g_source_get_priority</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-can-recurse" title="g_source_set_can_recurse ()">g_source_set_can_recurse</a>            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> can_recurse</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-can-recurse" title="g_source_get_can_recurse ()">g_source_get_can_recurse</a>            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-id" title="g_source_get_id ()">g_source_get_id</a>                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
const <span class="returnvalue">char</span>*         <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-name" title="g_source_get_name ()">g_source_get_name</a>                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-name" title="g_source_set_name ()">g_source_set_name</a>                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *name</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-name-by-id" title="g_source_set_name_by_id ()">g_source_set_name_by_id</a>             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> tag</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *name</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-context" title="g_source_get_context ()">g_source_get_context</a>                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-callback" title="g_source_set_callback ()">g_source_set_callback</a>               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> func</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            (<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()">*GSourceFunc</a>)                      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-callback-indirect" title="g_source_set_callback_indirect ()">g_source_set_callback_indirect</a>      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> callback_data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceCallbackFuncs" title="GSourceCallbackFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceCallbackFuncs</span></a> *callback_funcs</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-add-poll" title="g_source_add_poll ()">g_source_add_poll</a>                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-remove-poll" title="g_source_remove_poll ()">g_source_remove_poll</a>                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>);
<span class="returnvalue">void</span>                <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-current-time" title="g_source_get_current_time ()">g_source_get_current_time</a>           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Date-and-Time-Functions.html#GTimeVal" title="GTimeVal"><span class="type">GTimeVal</span></a> *timeval</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-remove" title="g_source_remove ()">g_source_remove</a>                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> tag</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-remove-by-funcs-user-data" title="g_source_remove_by_funcs_user_data ()">g_source_remove_by_funcs_user_data</a>  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *funcs</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-remove-by-user-data" title="g_source_remove_by_user_data ()">g_source_remove_by_user_data</a>        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);
</pre>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" title="Description">
<a name="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>
The main event loop manages all the available sources of events for
GLib and GTK+ applications. These events can come from any number of
different types of sources such as file descriptors (plain files,
pipes or sockets) and timeouts. New types of event sources can also
be added using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>.
</p>
<p>
To allow multiple independent sets of sources to be handled in
different threads, each source is associated with a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>.
A GMainContext can only be running in a single thread, but
sources can be added to it and removed from it from other threads.
</p>
<p>
Each event source is assigned a priority. The default priority,
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></a>, is 0. Values less than 0 denote higher priorities.
Values greater than 0 denote lower priorities. Events from high priority
sources are always processed before events from lower priority sources.
</p>
<p>
Idle functions can also be added, and assigned a priority. These will
be run whenever no events with a higher priority are ready to be processed.
</p>
<p>
The <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> data type represents a main event loop. A GMainLoop is
created with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-new" title="g_main_loop_new ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_new()</code></a>. After adding the initial event sources,
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_run()</code></a> is called. This continuously checks for new events from
each of the event sources and dispatches them. Finally, the processing of
an event from one of the sources leads to a call to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-quit" title="g_main_loop_quit ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_quit()</code></a> to
exit the main loop, and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_run()</code></a> returns.
</p>
<p>
It is possible to create new instances of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> recursively.
This is often used in GTK+ applications when showing modal dialog
boxes. Note that event sources are associated with a particular
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>, and will be checked and dispatched for all main
loops associated with that GMainContext.
</p>
<p>
GTK+ contains wrappers of some of these functions, e.g. <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/gtk3-General.html#gtk-main"><code class="function">gtk_main()</code></a>,
<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/gtk3-General.html#gtk-main-quit"><code class="function">gtk_main_quit()</code></a> and <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/gtk3-General.html#gtk-events-pending"><code class="function">gtk_events_pending()</code></a>.
</p>
<div class="refsect2" title="Creating new source types">
<a name="id671135"></a><h3>Creating new source types</h3>
<p>One of the unusual features of the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> functionality
is that new types of event source can be created and used in
addition to the builtin type of event source. A new event source
type is used for handling GDK events. A new source type is created
by <em class="firstterm">deriving</em> from the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> structure.
The derived type of source is represented by a structure that has
the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> structure as a first element, and other elements specific
to the new source type. To create an instance of the new source type,
call <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-new" title="g_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_source_new()</code></a> passing in the size of the derived structure and
a table of functions. These <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> determine the behavior of
the new source type.</p>
<p>New source types basically interact with the main context
in two ways. Their prepare function in <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> can set a timeout
to determine the maximum amount of time that the main loop will sleep
before checking the source again. In addition, or as well, the source
can add file descriptors to the set that the main context checks using
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-add-poll" title="g_source_add_poll ()"><code class="function">g_source_add_poll()</code></a>.</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="Customizing the main loop iteration">
<a name="id671212"></a><h3>Customizing the main loop iteration</h3>
<p>Single iterations of a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> can be run with
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-iteration" title="g_main_context_iteration ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_iteration()</code></a>. In some cases, more detailed control
of exactly how the details of the main loop work is desired, for
instance, when integrating the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> with an external main loop.
In such cases, you can call the component functions of
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-iteration" title="g_main_context_iteration ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_iteration()</code></a> directly. These functions are
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-prepare" title="g_main_context_prepare ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_prepare()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-query" title="g_main_context_query ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_query()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-check" title="g_main_context_check ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_check()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-dispatch" title="g_main_context_dispatch ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_dispatch()</code></a>.</p>
<p>The operation of these functions can best be seen in terms
of a state diagram, as shown in <a class="xref" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#mainloop-states" title="Figure 1. States of a Main Context">Figure 1, “States of a Main Context”</a>.</p>
<div class="figure">
<a name="mainloop-states"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 1. States of a Main Context</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents"><div><img src="mainloop-states.gif" alt="States of a Main Context"></div></div>
</div>
<br class="figure-break">
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1" title="Details">
<a name="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.details"></a><h2>Details</h2>
<div class="refsect2" title="GMainLoop">
<a name="GMainLoop"></a><h3>GMainLoop</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct _GMainLoop GMainLoop;</pre>
<p>
The <span class="structname">GMainLoop</span> struct is an opaque data type
representing the main event loop of a GLib or GTK+ application.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_loop_new ()">
<a name="g-main-loop-new"></a><h3>g_main_loop_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="returnvalue">GMainLoop</span></a> *         g_main_loop_new                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> is_running</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> structure.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>  (if <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the default context will be used).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>is_running</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>set to <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> to indicate that the loop is running. This
is not very important since calling <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_run()</code></a> will set this to
<a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> anyway.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> a new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_loop_ref ()">
<a name="g-main-loop-ref"></a><h3>g_main_loop_ref ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="returnvalue">GMainLoop</span></a> *         g_main_loop_ref                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Increases the reference count on a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> object by one.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_loop_unref ()">
<a name="g-main-loop-unref"></a><h3>g_main_loop_unref ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_loop_unref                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Decreases the reference count on a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> object by one. If
the result is zero, free the loop and free all associated memory.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_loop_run ()">
<a name="g-main-loop-run"></a><h3>g_main_loop_run ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_loop_run                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Runs a main loop until <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-quit" title="g_main_loop_quit ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_quit()</code></a> is called on the loop.
If this is called for the thread of the loop's <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>,
it will process events from the loop, otherwise it will
simply wait.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_loop_quit ()">
<a name="g-main-loop-quit"></a><h3>g_main_loop_quit ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_loop_quit                    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Stops a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> from running. Any calls to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_run()</code></a>
for the loop will return. 
</p>
<p>
Note that sources that have already been dispatched when 
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-quit" title="g_main_loop_quit ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_quit()</code></a> is called will still be executed.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_loop_is_running ()">
<a name="g-main-loop-is-running"></a><h3>g_main_loop_is_running ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_main_loop_is_running              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Checks to see if the main loop is currently being run via <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_run()</code></a>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the mainloop is currently being run.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_loop_get_context ()">
<a name="g-main-loop-get-context"></a><h3>g_main_loop_get_context ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      g_main_loop_get_context             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> *loop</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Returns the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> of <em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> of <em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_new()">
<a name="g-main-new"></a><h3>g_main_new()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_new(is_running)</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_new</code> has been deprecated since version 2.2 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-new" title="g_main_loop_new ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_new()</code></a> instead</p>
</div>
<p>
Creates a new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> for th default main context.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>is_running</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>set to <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> to indicate that the loop is running. This
    is not very important since calling <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-run" title="g_main_run()"><code class="function">g_main_run()</code></a> will set this
    to <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> anyway.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> a new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_destroy()">
<a name="g-main-destroy"></a><h3>g_main_destroy()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_destroy(loop)</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_destroy</code> has been deprecated since version 2.2 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-unref" title="g_main_loop_unref ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_unref()</code></a> instead</p>
</div>
<p>
Frees the memory allocated for the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_run()">
<a name="g-main-run"></a><h3>g_main_run()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_run(loop)</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_run</code> has been deprecated since version 2.2 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_run()</code></a> instead</p>
</div>
<p>
Runs a main loop until it stops running.
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_quit()">
<a name="g-main-quit"></a><h3>g_main_quit()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_quit(loop)</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_quit</code> has been deprecated since version 2.2 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-quit" title="g_main_loop_quit ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_quit()</code></a> instead</p>
</div>
<p>
Stops the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>.
If <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-run" title="g_main_run()"><code class="function">g_main_run()</code></a> was called to run the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>, it will now return.
</p>
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<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_is_running()">
<a name="g-main-is-running"></a><h3>g_main_is_running()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_is_running(loop)</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_is_running</code> has been deprecated since version 2.2 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-is-running" title="g_main_loop_is_running ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_is_running()</code></a> instead</p>
</div>
<p>
Checks if the main loop is running.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>loop</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the main loop is running

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH">
<a name="G-PRIORITY-HIGH:CAPS"></a><h3>G_PRIORITY_HIGH</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define G_PRIORITY_HIGH            -100
</pre>
<p>
Use this for high priority event sources.
</p>
<p>
It is not used within GLib or GTK+.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT">
<a name="G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT          0
</pre>
<p>
Use this for default priority event sources.
</p>
<p>
In GLib this priority is used when adding timeout functions
with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add()</code></a>. In GDK this priority is used for events
from the X server.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE">
<a name="G-PRIORITY-HIGH-IDLE:CAPS"></a><h3>G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE        100
</pre>
<p>
Use this for high priority idle functions.
</p>
<p>
GTK+ uses <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE</span></a> + 10 for resizing operations,
and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE</span></a> + 20 for redrawing operations. (This is
done to ensure that any pending resizes are processed before any
pending redraws, so that widgets are not redrawn twice unnecessarily.)
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE">
<a name="G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT-IDLE:CAPS"></a><h3>G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE     200
</pre>
<p>
Use this for default priority idle functions.
</p>
<p>
In GLib this priority is used when adding idle functions with
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add" title="g_idle_add ()"><code class="function">g_idle_add()</code></a>.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="G_PRIORITY_LOW">
<a name="G-PRIORITY-LOW:CAPS"></a><h3>G_PRIORITY_LOW</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define G_PRIORITY_LOW              300
</pre>
<p>
Use this for very low priority background tasks.
</p>
<p>
It is not used within GLib or GTK+.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GMainContext">
<a name="GMainContext"></a><h3>GMainContext</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct _GMainContext GMainContext;</pre>
<p>
The <span class="structname">GMainContext</span> struct is an opaque data
type representing a set of sources to be handled in a main loop.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_new ()">
<a name="g-main-context-new"></a><h3>g_main_context_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      g_main_context_new                  (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> structure.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_ref ()">
<a name="g-main-context-ref"></a><h3>g_main_context_ref ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      g_main_context_ref                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Increases the reference count on a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> object by one.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> that was passed in (since 2.6)
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_unref ()">
<a name="g-main-context-unref"></a><h3>g_main_context_unref ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_unref                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Decreases the reference count on a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> object by one. If
the result is zero, free the context and free all associated memory.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_default ()">
<a name="g-main-context-default"></a><h3>g_main_context_default ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      g_main_context_default              (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Returns the global default main context. This is the main context
used for main loop functions when a main loop is not explicitly
specified, and corresponds to the "main" main loop. See also
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-get-thread-default" title="g_main_context_get_thread_default ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_get_thread_default()</code></a>.
</p>
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<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the global default main context.
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_iteration ()">
<a name="g-main-context-iteration"></a><h3>g_main_context_iteration ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_main_context_iteration            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> may_block</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Runs a single iteration for the given main loop. This involves
checking to see if any event sources are ready to be processed,
then if no events sources are ready and <em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em> is <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>, waiting
for a source to become ready, then dispatching the highest priority
events sources that are ready. Otherwise, if <em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em> is <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> 
sources are not waited to become ready, only those highest priority 
events sources will be dispatched (if any), that are ready at this 
given moment without further waiting.
</p>
<p>
Note that even when <em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em> is <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>, it is still possible for 
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-iteration" title="g_main_context_iteration ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_iteration()</code></a> to return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a>, since the the wait may 
be interrupted for other reasons than an event source becoming ready.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> (if <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the default context will be used) 
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>whether the call may block.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if events were dispatched.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_iteration()">
<a name="g-main-iteration"></a><h3>g_main_iteration()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_iteration(may_block)</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_iteration</code> has been deprecated since version 2.2 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-iteration" title="g_main_context_iteration ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_iteration()</code></a> instead.</p>
</div>
<p>
Runs a single iteration for the default <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>set to <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if it should block (i.e. wait) until an event
    source becomes ready. It will return after an event source has been
    processed. If set to <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> it will return immediately if no event
    source is ready to be processed.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if more events are pending.

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_pending ()">
<a name="g-main-context-pending"></a><h3>g_main_context_pending ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_main_context_pending              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Checks if any sources have pending events for the given context.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> (if <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the default context will be used)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if events are pending.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_pending">
<a name="g-main-pending"></a><h3>g_main_pending</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_pending()</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_pending</code> is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.</p>
</div>
<p>
Checks if any events are pending for the default <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
(i.e. ready to be processed).
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if any events are pending.

Deprected: 2.2: Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-pending" title="g_main_context_pending ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_pending()</code></a> instead.
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_find_source_by_id ()">
<a name="g-main-context-find-source-by-id"></a><h3>g_main_context_find_source_by_id ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_main_context_find_source_by_id    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> source_id</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Finds a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> given a pair of context and ID.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> (if <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the default context will be used)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source_id</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the source ID, as returned by <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-id" title="g_source_get_id ()"><code class="function">g_source_get_id()</code></a>. 
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> if found, otherwise, <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_find_source_by_user_data ()">
<a name="g-main-context-find-source-by-user-data"></a><h3>g_main_context_find_source_by_user_data ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_main_context_find_source_by_user_data
                                                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Finds a source with the given user data for the callback.  If
multiple sources exist with the same user data, the first
one found will be returned.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the user_data for the callback.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the source, if one was found, otherwise <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_find_source_by_funcs_user_data ()">
<a name="g-main-context-find-source-by-funcs-user-data"></a><h3>g_main_context_find_source_by_funcs_user_data ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_main_context_find_source_by_funcs_user_data
                                                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *funcs</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Finds a source with the given source functions and user data.  If
multiple sources exist with the same source function and user data,
the first one found will be returned.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> (if <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the default context will be used).
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>funcs</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the <em class="parameter"><code>source_funcs</code></em> passed to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-new" title="g_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_source_new()</code></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the user data from the callback.
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the source, if one was found, otherwise <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_wakeup ()">
<a name="g-main-context-wakeup"></a><h3>g_main_context_wakeup ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_wakeup               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
If <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> is currently waiting in a <code class="function">poll()</code>, interrupt
the <code class="function">poll()</code>, and continue the iteration process.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_acquire ()">
<a name="g-main-context-acquire"></a><h3>g_main_context_acquire ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_main_context_acquire              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Tries to become the owner of the specified context.
If some other thread is the owner of the context,
returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> immediately. Ownership is properly
recursive: the owner can require ownership again
and will release ownership when <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-release" title="g_main_context_release ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_release()</code></a>
is called as many times as <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-acquire" title="g_main_context_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_acquire()</code></a>.
</p>
<p>
You must be the owner of a context before you
can call <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-prepare" title="g_main_context_prepare ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_prepare()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-query" title="g_main_context_query ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_query()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-check" title="g_main_context_check ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_check()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-dispatch" title="g_main_context_dispatch ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_dispatch()</code></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the operation succeeded, and
  this thread is now the owner of <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em>.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_release ()">
<a name="g-main-context-release"></a><h3>g_main_context_release ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_release              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Releases ownership of a context previously acquired by this thread
with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-acquire" title="g_main_context_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_acquire()</code></a>. If the context was acquired multiple
times, the ownership will be released only when <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-release" title="g_main_context_release ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_release()</code></a>
is called as many times as it was acquired.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_is_owner ()">
<a name="g-main-context-is-owner"></a><h3>g_main_context_is_owner ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_main_context_is_owner             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Determines whether this thread holds the (recursive)
ownership of this <span class="type">GMaincontext</span>. This is useful to
know before waiting on another thread that may be
blocking to get ownership of <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em>.
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if current thread is owner of <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em>.

</td>
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</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.10</p>
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<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_wait ()">
<a name="g-main-context-wait"></a><h3>g_main_context_wait ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_main_context_wait                 (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Threads.html#GCond" title="GCond"><span class="type">GCond</span></a> *cond</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Threads.html#GMutex" title="GMutex"><span class="type">GMutex</span></a> *mutex</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Tries to become the owner of the specified context,
as with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-acquire" title="g_main_context_acquire ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_acquire()</code></a>. But if another thread
is the owner, atomically drop <em class="parameter"><code>mutex</code></em> and wait on <em class="parameter"><code>cond</code></em> until 
that owner releases ownership or until <em class="parameter"><code>cond</code></em> is signaled, then
try again (once) to become the owner.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cond</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a condition variable
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mutex</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a mutex, currently held
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the operation succeeded, and
  this thread is now the owner of <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em>.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_prepare ()">
<a name="g-main-context-prepare"></a><h3>g_main_context_prepare ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_main_context_prepare              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> *priority</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Prepares to poll sources within a main loop. The resulting information
for polling is determined by calling <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-query" title="g_main_context_query ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_query()</code></a>.
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>location to store priority of highest priority
           source already ready.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if some source is ready to be dispatched
              prior to polling.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_query ()">
<a name="g-main-context-query"></a><h3>g_main_context_query ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                g_main_context_query                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> max_priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> *timeout_</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> n_fds</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Determines information necessary to poll this main loop.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>max_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>maximum priority source to check
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>timeout_</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>location to store timeout to be used in polling
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>location to store <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> records that need to be polled.
</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>n_fds</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>length of <em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the number of records actually stored in <em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em>,
  or, if more than <em class="parameter"><code>n_fds</code></em> records need to be stored, the number
  of records that need to be stored.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_check ()">
<a name="g-main-context-check"></a><h3>g_main_context_check ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                g_main_context_check                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> max_priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> n_fds</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Passes the results of polling back to the main loop.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>max_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the maximum numerical priority of sources to check
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>array of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a>'s that was passed to the last call to
      <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-query" title="g_main_context_query ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_query()</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>n_fds</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>return value of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-query" title="g_main_context_query ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_query()</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if some sources are ready to be dispatched.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_dispatch ()">
<a name="g-main-context-dispatch"></a><h3>g_main_context_dispatch ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_dispatch             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Dispatches all pending sources.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_set_poll_func ()">
<a name="g-main-context-set-poll-func"></a><h3>g_main_context_set_poll_func ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_set_poll_func        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFunc" title="GPollFunc ()"><span class="type">GPollFunc</span></a> func</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets the function to use to handle polling of file descriptors. It
will be used instead of the <code class="function">poll()</code> system call 
(or GLib's replacement function, which is used where 
<code class="function">poll()</code> isn't available).
</p>
<p>
This function could possibly be used to integrate the GLib event
loop with an external event loop.
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>func</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the function to call to poll all file descriptors
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_get_poll_func ()">
<a name="g-main-context-get-poll-func"></a><h3>g_main_context_get_poll_func ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFunc" title="GPollFunc ()"><span class="returnvalue">GPollFunc</span></a>           g_main_context_get_poll_func        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Gets the poll function set by <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-set-poll-func" title="g_main_context_set_poll_func ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_set_poll_func()</code></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the poll function
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GPollFunc ()">
<a name="GPollFunc"></a><h3>GPollFunc ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                (*GPollFunc)                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *ufds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> nfsd</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> timeout_</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Specifies the type of function passed to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-set-poll-func" title="g_main_context_set_poll_func ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_set_poll_func()</code></a>.
The semantics of the function should match those of the <code class="function">poll()</code> system call.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>ufds</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>an array of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> elements
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>nfsd</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the number of elements in <em class="parameter"><code>ufds</code></em>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>timeout_</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the maximum time to wait for an event of the file descriptors.
    A negative value indicates an infinite timeout.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the number of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> elements which have events or errors
    reported, or -1 if an error occurred.
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_add_poll ()">
<a name="g-main-context-add-poll"></a><h3>g_main_context_add_poll ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_add_poll             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Adds a file descriptor to the set of file descriptors polled for
this context. This will very seldomly be used directly. Instead
a typical event source will use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-add-poll" title="g_source_add_poll ()"><code class="function">g_source_add_poll()</code></a> instead.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> (or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> for the default context)
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fd</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> structure holding information about a file
     descriptor to watch.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the priority for this file descriptor which should be
     the same as the priority used for <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a> to ensure that the
     file descriptor is polled whenever the results may be needed.
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_remove_poll ()">
<a name="g-main-context-remove-poll"></a><h3>g_main_context_remove_poll ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_remove_poll          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Removes file descriptor from the set of file descriptors to be
polled for a particular context.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> 
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fd</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> descriptor previously added with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-add-poll" title="g_main_context_add_poll ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_add_poll()</code></a>
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_depth ()">
<a name="g-main-depth"></a><h3>g_main_depth ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                g_main_depth                        (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Returns the depth of the stack of calls to
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-dispatch" title="g_main_context_dispatch ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_dispatch()</code></a> on any <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> in the current thread.
 That is, when called from the toplevel, it gives 0. When
called from within a callback from <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-iteration" title="g_main_context_iteration ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_iteration()</code></a>
(or <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-loop-run" title="g_main_loop_run ()"><code class="function">g_main_loop_run()</code></a>, etc.) it returns 1. When called from within 
a callback to a recursive call to <code class="function">g_main_context_iterate()</code>,
it returns 2. And so forth.
</p>
<p>
This function is useful in a situation like the following:
Imagine an extremely simple "garbage collected" system.
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<p>
</p>
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        <td class="listing_code"><pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">static</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="usertype">GList</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">free_list</span><span class="symbol">;</span>

<span class="normal"><a href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer">gpointer</a></span>
<span class="function">allocate_memory</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="usertype">gsize</span><span class="normal"> size</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="cbracket">{</span><span class="normal"> </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="usertype">gpointer</span><span class="normal"> result </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-malloc">g_malloc</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">size</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">  free_list </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists.html#g-list-prepend">g_list_prepend</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">free_list</span><span class="symbol">,</span><span class="normal"> result</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">return</span><span class="normal"> result</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="cbracket">}</span>

<span class="type">void</span>
<span class="function">free_allocated_memory</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="type">void</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="usertype">GList</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">l</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">for</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">l </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> free_list</span><span class="symbol">;</span><span class="normal"> l</span><span class="symbol">;</span><span class="normal"> l </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> l</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">next</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">    </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free">g_free</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">l</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">data</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists.html#g-list-free">g_list_free</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">free_list</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">  free_list </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> <a href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS">NULL</a></span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal"> </span><span class="cbracket">}</span>

<span class="symbol">[...]</span>

<span class="keyword">while</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal"><a href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS">TRUE</a></span><span class="symbol">);</span><span class="normal"> </span>
<span class="normal"> </span><span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">   </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-iteration">g_main_context_iteration</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal"><a href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS">NULL</a></span><span class="symbol">,</span><span class="normal"> <a href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS">TRUE</a></span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">   </span><span class="function">free_allocated_memory</span><span class="symbol">();</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="cbracket">}</span></pre></td>
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<p>
</p>
<p>
This works from an application, however, if you want to do the same
thing from a library, it gets more difficult, since you no longer
control the main loop. You might think you can simply use an idle
function to make the call to <code class="function">free_allocated_memory()</code>, but that
doesn't work, since the idle function could be called from a
recursive callback. This can be fixed by using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-depth" title="g_main_depth ()"><code class="function">g_main_depth()</code></a>
</p>
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</p>
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<span class="function">allocate_memory</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="usertype">gsize</span><span class="normal"> size</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="cbracket">{</span><span class="normal"> </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="usertype">FreeListBlock</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">block </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-new">g_new</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">FreeListBlock</span><span class="symbol">,</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="number">1</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">  block</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">mem </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-malloc">g_malloc</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">size</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">  block</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">depth </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-depth">g_main_depth</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">();</span><span class="normal">   </span>
<span class="normal">  free_list </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists.html#g-list-prepend">g_list_prepend</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">free_list</span><span class="symbol">,</span><span class="normal"> block</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">return</span><span class="normal"> block</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">mem</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="cbracket">}</span>

<span class="type">void</span>
<span class="function">free_allocated_memory</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="type">void</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="usertype">GList</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">l</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">  </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="type">int</span><span class="normal"> depth </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-depth">g_main_depth</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">();</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">for</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">l </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> free_list</span><span class="symbol">;</span><span class="normal"> l</span><span class="symbol">;</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">    </span><span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">      </span><span class="usertype">GList</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">next </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> l</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">next</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">      </span><span class="usertype">FreeListBlock</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">block </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> l</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">data</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">      </span><span class="keyword">if</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">block</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">depth </span><span class="symbol">&gt;</span><span class="normal"> depth</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="normal">        </span><span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">          </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free">g_free</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">block</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">mem</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">          </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Memory-Allocation.html#g-free">g_free</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">block</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">          free_list </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists.html#g-list-delete-link">g_list_delete_link</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">free_list</span><span class="symbol">,</span><span class="normal"> l</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">        </span><span class="cbracket">}</span>
<span class="normal">              </span>
<span class="normal">      l </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> next</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">    </span><span class="cbracket">}</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="cbracket">}</span></pre></td>
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<p>
</p>
<p>
There is a temptation to use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-depth" title="g_main_depth ()"><code class="function">g_main_depth()</code></a> to solve
problems with reentrancy. For instance, while waiting for data
to be received from the network in response to a menu item,
the menu item might be selected again. It might seem that
one could make the menu item's callback return immediately
and do nothing if <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-depth" title="g_main_depth ()"><code class="function">g_main_depth()</code></a> returns a value greater than 1.
However, this should be avoided since the user then sees selecting
the menu item do nothing. Furthermore, you'll find yourself adding
these checks all over your code, since there are doubtless many,
many things that the user could do. Instead, you can use the
following techniques:
</p>
<p>
</p>
<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem"><p>
    Use <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/GtkWidget.html#gtk-widget-set-sensitive"><code class="function">gtk_widget_set_sensitive()</code></a> or modal dialogs to prevent
    the user from interacting with elements while the main
    loop is recursing.
  </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
    Avoid main loop recursion in situations where you can't handle
    arbitrary  callbacks. Instead, structure your code so that you
    simply return to the main loop and then get called again when
    there is more work to do.
  </p></li>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> The main loop recursion level in the current thread
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_current_source ()">
<a name="g-main-current-source"></a><h3>g_main_current_source ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_main_current_source               (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Returns the currently firing source for this thread.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> The currently firing source or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.

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<p class="since">Since 2.12</p>
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<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_set_poll_func()">
<a name="g-main-set-poll-func"></a><h3>g_main_set_poll_func()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             g_main_set_poll_func(func)</pre>
<div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Warning</h3>
<p><code class="literal">g_main_set_poll_func</code> has been deprecated since version 2.2 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-set-poll-func" title="g_main_context_set_poll_func ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_set_poll_func()</code></a> again</p>
</div>
<p>
Sets the function to use for the handle polling of file descriptors
for the default main context.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>func</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the function to call to poll all file descriptors
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_get_thread_default ()">
<a name="g-main-context-get-thread-default"></a><h3>g_main_context_get_thread_default ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      g_main_context_get_thread_default   (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Gets the thread-default <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> for this thread. Asynchronous
operations that want to be able to be run in contexts other than
the default one should call this method to get a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> to
add their <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>s to. (Note that even in single-threaded
programs applications may sometimes want to temporarily push a
non-default context, so it is not safe to assume that this will
always return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if threads are not initialized.)
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the thread-default <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if the
thread-default context is the global default context.

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<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_push_thread_default ()">
<a name="g-main-context-push-thread-default"></a><h3>g_main_context_push_thread_default ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_push_thread_default  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Acquires <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> and sets it as the thread-default context for the
current thread. This will cause certain asynchronous operations
(such as most gio-based I/O) which are
started in this thread to run under <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> and deliver their
results to its main loop, rather than running under the global
default context in the main thread. Note that calling this function
changes the context returned by
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-get-thread-default" title="g_main_context_get_thread_default ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_get_thread_default()</code></a>, <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> the
one returned by <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-default" title="g_main_context_default ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_default()</code></a>, so it does not affect the
context used by functions like <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add" title="g_idle_add ()"><code class="function">g_idle_add()</code></a>.
</p>
<p>
Normally you would call this function shortly after creating a new
thread, passing it a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> which will be run by a
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainLoop" title="GMainLoop"><span class="type">GMainLoop</span></a> in that thread, to set a new default context for all
async operations in that thread. (In this case, you don't need to
ever call <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-pop-thread-default" title="g_main_context_pop_thread_default ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_pop_thread_default()</code></a>.) In some cases
however, you may want to schedule a single operation in a
non-default context, or temporarily use a non-default context in
the main thread. In that case, you can wrap the call to the
asynchronous operation inside a
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-push-thread-default" title="g_main_context_push_thread_default ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_push_thread_default()</code></a> /
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-pop-thread-default" title="g_main_context_pop_thread_default ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_pop_thread_default()</code></a> pair, but it is up to you to
ensure that no other asynchronous operations accidentally get
started while the non-default context is active.
</p>
<p>
Beware that libraries that predate this function may not correctly
handle being used from a thread with a thread-default context. Eg,
see <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/unstable/GFile.html#g-file-supports-thread-contexts"><code class="function">g_file_supports_thread_contexts()</code></a>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> for the global default context
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_main_context_pop_thread_default ()">
<a name="g-main-context-pop-thread-default"></a><h3>g_main_context_pop_thread_default ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_main_context_pop_thread_default   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Pops <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> off the thread-default context stack (verifying that
it was on the top of the stack).
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> object, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_timeout_source_new ()">
<a name="g-timeout-source-new"></a><h3>g_timeout_source_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_timeout_source_new                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new timeout source.
</p>
<p>
The source will not initially be associated with any <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
and must be added to one with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a> before it will be
executed.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the timeout interval in milliseconds.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the newly-created timeout source
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_timeout_source_new_seconds ()">
<a name="g-timeout-source-new-seconds"></a><h3>g_timeout_source_new_seconds ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_timeout_source_new_seconds        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new timeout source.
</p>
<p>
The source will not initially be associated with any <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
and must be added to one with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a> before it will be
executed.
</p>
<p>
The scheduling granularity/accuracy of this timeout source will be
in seconds.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the timeout interval in seconds
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the newly-created timeout source

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.14</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_timeout_add ()">
<a name="g-timeout-add"></a><h3>g_timeout_add ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_timeout_add                       (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets a function to be called at regular intervals, with the default
priority, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></a>.  The function is called repeatedly
until it returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a>, at which point the timeout is automatically
destroyed and the function will not be called again.  The first call
to the function will be at the end of the first <em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em>.
</p>
<p>
Note that timeout functions may be delayed, due to the processing of other
event sources. Thus they should not be relied on for precise timing.
After each call to the timeout function, the time of the next
timeout is recalculated based on the current time and the given interval
(it does not try to 'catch up' time lost in delays).
</p>
<p>
If you want to have a timer in the "seconds" range and do not care
about the exact time of the first call of the timer, use the
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add-seconds" title="g_timeout_add_seconds ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add_seconds()</code></a> function; this function allows for more
optimizations and more efficient system power usage.
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-source-new" title="g_timeout_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_source_new()</code></a>
and attaches it to the main loop context using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. You can
do these steps manually if you need greater control.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the time between calls to the function, in milliseconds
            (1/1000ths of a second)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_timeout_add_full ()">
<a name="g-timeout-add-full"></a><h3>g_timeout_add_full ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_timeout_add_full                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets a function to be called at regular intervals, with the given
priority.  The function is called repeatedly until it returns
<a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a>, at which point the timeout is automatically destroyed and
the function will not be called again.  The <em class="parameter"><code>notify</code></em> function is
called when the timeout is destroyed.  The first call to the
function will be at the end of the first <em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em>.
</p>
<p>
Note that timeout functions may be delayed, due to the processing of other
event sources. Thus they should not be relied on for precise timing.
After each call to the timeout function, the time of the next
timeout is recalculated based on the current time and the given interval
(it does not try to 'catch up' time lost in delays).
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-source-new" title="g_timeout_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_source_new()</code></a>
and attaches it to the main loop context using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. You can
do these steps manually if you need greater control.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the priority of the timeout source. Typically this will be in
           the range between <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_HIGH</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the time between calls to the function, in milliseconds
            (1/1000ths of a second)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>notify</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call when the timeout is removed, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_timeout_add_seconds ()">
<a name="g-timeout-add-seconds"></a><h3>g_timeout_add_seconds ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_timeout_add_seconds               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets a function to be called at regular intervals with the default
priority, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></a>. The function is called repeatedly until
it returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a>, at which point the timeout is automatically destroyed
and the function will not be called again.
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using 
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-source-new-seconds" title="g_timeout_source_new_seconds ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_source_new_seconds()</code></a> and attaches it to the main loop context 
using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. You can do these steps manually if you need 
greater control. Also see <code class="function">g_timout_add_seconds_full()</code>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the time between calls to the function, in seconds
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.14</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_timeout_add_seconds_full ()">
<a name="g-timeout-add-seconds-full"></a><h3>g_timeout_add_seconds_full ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_timeout_add_seconds_full          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> interval</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets a function to be called at regular intervals, with <em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em>.
The function is called repeatedly until it returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a>, at which
point the timeout is automatically destroyed and the function will
not be called again.
</p>
<p>
Unlike <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add()</code></a>, this function operates at whole second granularity.
The initial starting point of the timer is determined by the implementation
and the implementation is expected to group multiple timers together so that
they fire all at the same time.
To allow this grouping, the <em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em> to the first timer is rounded
and can deviate up to one second from the specified interval.
Subsequent timer iterations will generally run at the specified interval.
</p>
<p>
Note that timeout functions may be delayed, due to the processing of other
event sources. Thus they should not be relied on for precise timing.
After each call to the timeout function, the time of the next
timeout is recalculated based on the current time and the given <em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em>
</p>
<p>
If you want timing more precise than whole seconds, use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add()</code></a>
instead.
</p>
<p>
The grouping of timers to fire at the same time results in a more power
and CPU efficient behavior so if your timer is in multiples of seconds
and you don't require the first timer exactly one second from now, the
use of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add-seconds" title="g_timeout_add_seconds ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add_seconds()</code></a> is preferred over <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add()</code></a>.
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using 
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-source-new-seconds" title="g_timeout_source_new_seconds ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_source_new_seconds()</code></a> and attaches it to the main loop context 
using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. You can do these steps manually if you need 
greater control.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the priority of the timeout source. Typically this will be in
           the range between <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_HIGH</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>interval</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the time between calls to the function, in seconds
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>notify</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call when the timeout is removed, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.14</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_idle_source_new ()">
<a name="g-idle-source-new"></a><h3>g_idle_source_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_idle_source_new                   (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new idle source.
</p>
<p>
The source will not initially be associated with any <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
and must be added to one with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a> before it will be
executed. Note that the default priority for idle sources is
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE"><code class="literal">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE</code></a>, as compared to other sources which
have a default priority of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"><code class="literal">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</code></a>.
</p>
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<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the newly-created idle source
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_idle_add ()">
<a name="g-idle-add"></a><h3>g_idle_add ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_idle_add                          (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Adds a function to be called whenever there are no higher priority
events pending to the default main loop. The function is given the
default idle priority, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE</span></a>.  If the function
returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> it is automatically removed from the list of event
sources and will not be called again.
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-source-new" title="g_idle_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_idle_source_new()</code></a>
and attaches it to the main loop context using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. 
You can do these steps manually if you need greater control.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call 
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_idle_add_full ()">
<a name="g-idle-add-full"></a><h3>g_idle_add_full ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_idle_add_full                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Adds a function to be called whenever there are no higher priority
events pending.  If the function returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> it is automatically
removed from the list of event sources and will not be called again.
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-source-new" title="g_idle_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_idle_source_new()</code></a>
and attaches it to the main loop context using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. 
You can do these steps manually if you need greater control.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the priority of the idle source. Typically this will be in the
           range between <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE</span></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>notify</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call when the idle is removed, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_idle_remove_by_data ()">
<a name="g-idle-remove-by-data"></a><h3>g_idle_remove_by_data ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_idle_remove_by_data               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Removes the idle function with the given data.
</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the data for the idle source's callback.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if an idle source was found and removed.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GPid">
<a name="GPid"></a><h3>GPid</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef int GPid;
</pre>
<p>
A type which is used to hold a process identification.
</p>
<p>
On UNIX, processes are identified by a process id (an integer),
while Windows uses process handles (which are pointers).
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GChildWatchFunc ()">
<a name="GChildWatchFunc"></a><h3>GChildWatchFunc ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                (*GChildWatchFunc)                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> status</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
The type of functions to be called when a child exists.
</p>
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<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the process id of the child process
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>status</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>Status information about the child process,
    see waitpid(2) for more information about this field
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>user data passed to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-add" title="g_child_watch_add ()"><code class="function">g_child_watch_add()</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_child_watch_source_new ()">
<a name="g-child-watch-source-new"></a><h3>g_child_watch_source_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_child_watch_source_new            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new child_watch source.
</p>
<p>
The source will not initially be associated with any <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
and must be added to one with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a> before it will be
executed.
</p>
<p>
Note that child watch sources can only be used in conjunction with
<code class="literal">g_spawn...</code> when the <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#G-SPAWN-DO-NOT-REAP-CHILD:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD</code></a>
flag is used.
</p>
<p>
Note that on platforms where <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> must be explicitly closed
(see <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-close-pid" title="g_spawn_close_pid ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_close_pid()</code></a>) <em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> must not be closed while the
source is still active. Typically, you will want to call
<a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-close-pid" title="g_spawn_close_pid ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_close_pid()</code></a> in the callback function for the source.
</p>
<p>
Note further that using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-source-new" title="g_child_watch_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_child_watch_source_new()</code></a> is not 
compatible with calling <code class="literal">waitpid(-1)</code> in 
the application. Calling <code class="function">waitpid()</code> for individual pids will
still work fine.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>process to watch. On POSIX the pid of a child process. On
Windows a handle for a process (which doesn't have to be a child).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the newly-created child watch source

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.4</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_child_watch_add ()">
<a name="g-child-watch-add"></a><h3>g_child_watch_add ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_child_watch_add                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GChildWatchFunc" title="GChildWatchFunc ()"><span class="type">GChildWatchFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets a function to be called when the child indicated by <em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> 
exits, at a default priority, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></a>.
</p>
<p>
If you obtain <em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> from <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-async" title="g_spawn_async ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_async()</code></a> or <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-async-with-pipes" title="g_spawn_async_with_pipes ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_async_with_pipes()</code></a> 
you will need to pass <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#G-SPAWN-DO-NOT-REAP-CHILD:CAPS"><span class="type">G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD</span></a> as flag to 
the spawn function for the child watching to work.
</p>
<p>
Note that on platforms where <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> must be explicitly closed
(see <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-close-pid" title="g_spawn_close_pid ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_close_pid()</code></a>) <em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> must not be closed while the
source is still active. Typically, you will want to call
<a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-close-pid" title="g_spawn_close_pid ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_close_pid()</code></a> in the callback function for the source.
</p>
<p>
GLib supports only a single callback per process id.
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using 
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-source-new" title="g_child_watch_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_child_watch_source_new()</code></a> and attaches it to the main loop context 
using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. You can do these steps manually if you 
need greater control.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>process id to watch. On POSIX the pid of a child process. On
Windows a handle for a process (which doesn't have to be a child).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.4</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_child_watch_add_full ()">
<a name="g-child-watch-add-full"></a><h3>g_child_watch_add_full ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_child_watch_add_full              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> pid</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GChildWatchFunc" title="GChildWatchFunc ()"><span class="type">GChildWatchFunc</span></a> function</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets a function to be called when the child indicated by <em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> 
exits, at the priority <em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em>.
</p>
<p>
If you obtain <em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> from <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-async" title="g_spawn_async ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_async()</code></a> or <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-async-with-pipes" title="g_spawn_async_with_pipes ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_async_with_pipes()</code></a> 
you will need to pass <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#G-SPAWN-DO-NOT-REAP-CHILD:CAPS"><span class="type">G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD</span></a> as flag to 
the spawn function for the child watching to work.
</p>
<p>
Note that on platforms where <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPid" title="GPid"><span class="type">GPid</span></a> must be explicitly closed
(see <a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-close-pid" title="g_spawn_close_pid ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_close_pid()</code></a>) <em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> must not be closed while the
source is still active. Typically, you will want to call
<a class="link" href="glib-Spawning-Processes.html#g-spawn-close-pid" title="g_spawn_close_pid ()"><code class="function">g_spawn_close_pid()</code></a> in the callback function for the source.
</p>
<p>
GLib supports only a single callback per process id.
</p>
<p>
This internally creates a main loop source using 
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-source-new" title="g_child_watch_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_child_watch_source_new()</code></a> and attaches it to the main loop context 
using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>. You can do these steps manually if you 
need greater control.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the priority of the idle source. Typically this will be in the
           range between <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-DEFAULT-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE</span></a> and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#G-PRIORITY-HIGH-IDLE:CAPS" title="G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE"><span class="type">G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>pid</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>process to watch. On POSIX the pid of a child process. On
Windows a handle for a process (which doesn't have to be a child).
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>function</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>notify</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>function to call when the idle is removed, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) of the event source.

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.4</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GPollFD">
<a name="GPollFD"></a><h3>GPollFD</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct {
#if defined (G_OS_WIN32) &amp;&amp; GLIB_SIZEOF_VOID_P == 8
  gint64 fd;
#else
  gint		fd;
#endif
  gushort 	events;
  gushort 	revents;
} GPollFD;
</pre>
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<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint64" title="gint64"><span class="type">gint64</span></a> <em class="structfield"><code><a name="GPollFD.fd"></a>fd</code></em>;</span></p></td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> <em class="structfield"><code><a name="GPollFD.fd"></a>fd</code></em>;</span></p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gushort" title="gushort"><span class="type">gushort</span></a> <em class="structfield"><code><a name="GPollFD.events"></a>events</code></em>;</span></p></td>
<td>a bitwise combination from <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#GIOCondition" title="enum GIOCondition"><span class="type">GIOCondition</span></a>, specifying which
    events should be polled for. Typically for reading from a file
    descriptor you would use <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#G-IO-IN:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_IO_IN</code></a> | <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#G-IO-HUP:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_IO_HUP</code></a> | <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#G-IO-ERR:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_IO_ERR</code></a>, and
    for writing you would use <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#G-IO-OUT:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_IO_OUT</code></a> | <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#G-IO-ERR:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_IO_ERR</code></a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gushort" title="gushort"><span class="type">gushort</span></a> <em class="structfield"><code><a name="GPollFD.revents"></a>revents</code></em>;</span></p></td>
<td>a bitwise combination of flags from <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#GIOCondition" title="enum GIOCondition"><span class="type">GIOCondition</span></a>, returned
    from the <code class="function">poll()</code> function to indicate which events occurred.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_poll ()">
<a name="g-poll"></a><h3>g_poll ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                g_poll                              (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> nfds</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> timeout</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Polls <em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em>, as with the <code class="function">poll()</code> system call, but portably. (On
systems that don't have <code class="function">poll()</code>, it is emulated using <code class="function">select()</code>.)
This is used internally by <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>, but it can be called
directly if you need to block until a file descriptor is ready, but
don't want to run the full main loop.
</p>
<p>
Each element of <em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em> is a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> describing a single file
descriptor to poll. The <code class="literal">fd</code> field indicates the file descriptor,
and the <code class="literal">events</code> field indicates the events to poll for. On return,
the <code class="literal">revents</code> fields will be filled with the events that actually
occurred.
</p>
<p>
On POSIX systems, the file descriptors in <em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em> can be any sort of
file descriptor, but the situation is much more complicated on
Windows. If you need to use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-poll" title="g_poll ()"><code class="function">g_poll()</code></a> in code that has to run on
Windows, the easiest solution is to construct all of your
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a>s with <code class="function">g_io_channel_win32_make_pollfd()</code>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>file descriptors to poll
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>nfds</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the number of file descriptors in <em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>timeout</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>amount of time to wait, in milliseconds, or -1 to wait forever
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the number of entries in <em class="parameter"><code>fds</code></em> whose <code class="literal">revents</code> fields
were filled in, or 0 if the operation timed out, or -1 on error or
if the call was interrupted.

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.20</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="G_POLLFD_FORMAT">
<a name="G-POLLFD-FORMAT:CAPS"></a><h3>G_POLLFD_FORMAT</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define             G_POLLFD_FORMAT</pre>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GSource">
<a name="GSource"></a><h3>GSource</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct {
} GSource;
</pre>
<p>
The <span class="structname">GSource</span> struct is an opaque data type
representing an event source.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GSourceDummyMarshal ()">
<a name="GSourceDummyMarshal"></a><h3>GSourceDummyMarshal ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                (*GSourceDummyMarshal)              (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">void</span></code></em>);</pre>
<p>
This is just a placeholder for <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-Closures.html#GClosureMarshal"><span class="type">GClosureMarshal</span></a>, which cannot be used here
for dependency reasons.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GSourceFuncs">
<a name="GSourceFuncs"></a><h3>GSourceFuncs</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct {
  gboolean (*prepare)  (GSource    *source,
                        gint       *timeout_);
  gboolean (*check)    (GSource    *source);
  gboolean (*dispatch) (GSource    *source,
                        GSourceFunc callback,
                        gpointer    user_data);
  void     (*finalize) (GSource    *source); /* Can be NULL */

  /* For use by g_source_set_closure */
  GSourceFunc     closure_callback;        
  GSourceDummyMarshal closure_marshal; /* Really is of type GClosureMarshal */
} GSourceFuncs;
</pre>
<p>
The <span class="structname">GSourceFuncs</span> struct contains a table of
functions used to handle event sources in a generic manner.
</p>
<p>
For idle sources, the prepare and check functions always return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>
to indicate that the source is always ready to be processed. The prepare
function also returns a timeout value of 0 to ensure that the <code class="function">poll()</code> call
doesn't block (since that would be time wasted which could have been spent
running the idle function).
</p>
<p>
For timeout sources, the prepare and check functions both return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>
if the timeout interval has expired. The prepare function also returns
a timeout value to ensure that the <code class="function">poll()</code> call doesn't block too long
and miss the next timeout.
</p>
<p>
For file descriptor sources, the prepare function typically returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a>,
since it must wait until <code class="function">poll()</code> has been called before it knows whether
any events need to be processed. It sets the returned timeout to -1 to
indicate that it doesn't mind how long the <code class="function">poll()</code> call blocks. In the
check function, it tests the results of the <code class="function">poll()</code> call to see if the
required condition has been met, and returns <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if so.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceFuncs.prepare"></a>prepare</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Called before all the file descriptors are polled. If the
    source can determine that it is ready here (without waiting for the
    results of the <code class="function">poll()</code> call) it should return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>. It can also return
    a <em class="parameter"><code>timeout_</code></em> value which should be the maximum timeout (in milliseconds)
    which should be passed to the <code class="function">poll()</code> call. The actual timeout used will
    be -1 if all sources returned -1, or it will be the minimum of all the
    <em class="parameter"><code>timeout_</code></em> values returned which were &gt;= 0.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceFuncs.check"></a>check</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Called after all the file descriptors are polled. The source
    should return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if it is ready to be dispatched. Note that some
    time may have passed since the previous prepare function was called,
    so the source should be checked again here.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceFuncs.dispatch"></a>dispatch</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Called to dispatch the event source, after it has returned
    <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> in either its <em class="parameter"><code>prepare</code></em> or its <em class="parameter"><code>check</code></em> function. The <em class="parameter"><code>dispatch</code></em>
    function is passed in a callback function and data. The callback
    function may be <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if the source was never connected to a callback
    using <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-callback" title="g_source_set_callback ()"><code class="function">g_source_set_callback()</code></a>. The <em class="parameter"><code>dispatch</code></em> function should call the
    callback function with <em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> and whatever additional parameters
    are needed for this type of event source.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceFuncs.finalize"></a>finalize</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Called when the source is finalized.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> <em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceFuncs.closure-callback"></a>closure_callback</code></em>;</span></p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceDummyMarshal" title="GSourceDummyMarshal ()"><span class="type">GSourceDummyMarshal</span></a> <em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceFuncs.closure-marshal"></a>closure_marshal</code></em>;</span></p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GSourceCallbackFuncs">
<a name="GSourceCallbackFuncs"></a><h3>GSourceCallbackFuncs</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct {
  void (*ref)   (gpointer     cb_data);
  void (*unref) (gpointer     cb_data);
  void (*get)   (gpointer     cb_data,
                 GSource     *source, 
                 GSourceFunc *func,
                 gpointer    *data);
} GSourceCallbackFuncs;
</pre>
<p>
The <span class="structname">GSourceCallbackFuncs</span> struct contains
functions for managing callback objects.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceCallbackFuncs.ref"></a>ref</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Called when a reference is added to the callback object
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceCallbackFuncs.unref"></a>unref</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Called when a reference to the callback object is dropped
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="structfield"><code><a name="GSourceCallbackFuncs.get"></a>get</code></em> ()</span></p></td>
<td>Called to extract the callback function and data from the
    callback object.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_new ()">
<a name="g-source-new"></a><h3>g_source_new ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_source_new                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *source_funcs</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> struct_size</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> structure. The size is specified to
allow creating structures derived from <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> that contain
additional data. The size passed in must be at least
<code class="literal">sizeof (GSource)</code>.
</p>
<p>
The source will not initially be associated with any <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>
and must be added to one with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a> before it will be
executed.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
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<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source_funcs</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>structure containing functions that implement
               the sources behavior.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>struct_size</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>size of the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> structure to create.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the newly-created <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_ref ()">
<a name="g-source-ref"></a><h3>g_source_ref ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="returnvalue">GSource</span></a> *           g_source_ref                        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Increases the reference count on a source by one.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_unref ()">
<a name="g-source-unref"></a><h3>g_source_unref ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_unref                      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Decreases the reference count of a source by one. If the
resulting reference count is zero the source and associated
memory will be destroyed.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_set_funcs ()">
<a name="g-source-set-funcs"></a><h3>g_source_set_funcs ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_set_funcs                  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *funcs</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets the source functions (can be used to override 
default implementations) of an unattached source.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>funcs</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the new <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.12</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_attach ()">
<a name="g-source-attach"></a><h3>g_source_attach ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_source_attach                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> *context</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Adds a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> to a <em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> so that it will be executed within
that context. Remove it by calling <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-destroy" title="g_source_destroy ()"><code class="function">g_source_destroy()</code></a>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>context</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> (if <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>, the default context will be used)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) for the source within the 
  <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>. 
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_destroy ()">
<a name="g-source-destroy"></a><h3>g_source_destroy ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_destroy                    (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Removes a source from its <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a>, if any, and mark it as
destroyed.  The source cannot be subsequently added to another
context.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
<tbody><tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_is_destroyed ()">
<a name="g-source-is-destroyed"></a><h3>g_source_is_destroyed ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_source_is_destroyed               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Returns whether <em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> has been destroyed.
</p>
<p>
This is important when you operate upon your objects 
from within idle handlers, but may have freed the object 
before the dispatch of your idle handler.
</p>
<p>
</p>
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<span class="normal">  </span><span class="usertype">SomeWidget</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">self </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> data</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">   </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="function"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/unstable/gdk-Threads.html#GDK-THREADS-ENTER:CAPS">GDK_THREADS_ENTER</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">();</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="comment">/* do stuff with self */</span>
<span class="normal">  self</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">idle_id </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="number">0</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="function"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/unstable/gdk-Threads.html#GDK-THREADS-LEAVE:CAPS">GDK_THREADS_LEAVE</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">();</span>
<span class="normal">   </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">return</span><span class="normal"> <a href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS">FALSE</a></span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="cbracket">}</span>
<span class="normal"> </span>
<span class="keyword">static</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="type">void</span><span class="normal"> </span>
<span class="function">some_widget_do_stuff_later</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="usertype">SomeWidget</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">self</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">  self</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">idle_id </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add">g_idle_add</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">idle_callback</span><span class="symbol">,</span><span class="normal"> self</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="cbracket">}</span>
<span class="normal"> </span>
<span class="keyword">static</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="type">void</span><span class="normal"> </span>
<span class="function">some_widget_finalize</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="usertype">GObject</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">object</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="usertype">SomeWidget</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">self </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="function">SOME_WIDGET</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">object</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">   </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">if</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">self</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">idle_id</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="normal">    </span><span class="function"><a href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-remove">g_source_remove</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">self</span><span class="symbol">-&gt;</span><span class="normal">idle_id</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="normal">   </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="function"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gobject/unstable/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#G-OBJECT-CLASS:CAPS">G_OBJECT_CLASS</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">parent_class</span><span class="symbol">)-&gt;</span><span class="function">finalize</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="normal">object</span><span class="symbol">);</span>
<span class="cbracket">}</span></pre></td>
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<p>
</p>
<p>
This will fail in a multi-threaded application if the 
widget is destroyed before the idle handler fires due 
to the use after free in the callback. A solution, to 
this particular problem, is to check to if the source
has already been destroy within the callback.
</p>
<p>
</p>
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        <td class="listing_code"><pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">static</span><span class="normal"> <a href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean">gboolean</a> </span>
<span class="function">idle_callback</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="usertype">gpointer</span><span class="normal"> data</span><span class="symbol">)</span>
<span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="usertype">SomeWidget</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">*</span><span class="normal">self </span><span class="symbol">=</span><span class="normal"> data</span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="normal">  </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="function"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/unstable/gdk-Threads.html#GDK-THREADS-ENTER:CAPS">GDK_THREADS_ENTER</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">();</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">if</span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(!</span><span class="function"><a href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-is-destroyed">g_source_is_destroyed</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">(</span><span class="function"><a href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-current-source">g_main_current_source</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">()))</span>
<span class="normal">    </span><span class="cbracket">{</span>
<span class="normal">      </span><span class="comment">/* do stuff with self */</span>
<span class="normal">    </span><span class="cbracket">}</span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="function"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/unstable/gdk-Threads.html#GDK-THREADS-LEAVE:CAPS">GDK_THREADS_LEAVE</a></span><span class="normal"> </span><span class="symbol">();</span>
<span class="normal">  </span>
<span class="normal">  </span><span class="keyword">return</span><span class="normal"> <a href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS">FALSE</a></span><span class="symbol">;</span>
<span class="cbracket">}</span></pre></td>
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<p>
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the source has been destroyed

</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.12</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_set_priority ()">
<a name="g-source-set-priority"></a><h3>g_source_set_priority ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_set_priority               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="type">gint</span></a> priority</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets the priority of a source. While the main loop is being
run, a source will be dispatched if it is ready to be dispatched and no sources 
at a higher (numerically smaller) priority are ready to be dispatched.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>priority</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the new priority.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_get_priority ()">
<a name="g-source-get-priority"></a><h3>g_source_get_priority ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gint" title="gint"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span></a>                g_source_get_priority               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Gets the priority of a source.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the priority of the source
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_set_can_recurse ()">
<a name="g-source-set-can-recurse"></a><h3>g_source_set_can_recurse ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_set_can_recurse            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="type">gboolean</span></a> can_recurse</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets whether a source can be called recursively. If <em class="parameter"><code>can_recurse</code></em> is
<a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a>, then while the source is being dispatched then this source
will be processed normally. Otherwise, all processing of this
source is blocked until the dispatch function returns.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
<col align="left" valign="top">
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>can_recurse</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>whether recursion is allowed for this source
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_get_can_recurse ()">
<a name="g-source-get-can-recurse"></a><h3>g_source_get_can_recurse ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_source_get_can_recurse            (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Checks whether a source is allowed to be called recursively.
see <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-can-recurse" title="g_source_set_can_recurse ()"><code class="function">g_source_set_can_recurse()</code></a>.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> whether recursion is allowed.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_get_id ()">
<a name="g-source-get-id"></a><h3>g_source_get_id ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span></a>               g_source_get_id                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Returns the numeric ID for a particular source. The ID of a source
is a positive integer which is unique within a particular main loop 
context. The reverse
mapping from ID to source is done by <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-main-context-find-source-by-id" title="g_main_context_find_source_by_id ()"><code class="function">g_main_context_find_source_by_id()</code></a>.
</p>
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<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the ID (greater than 0) for the source
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_get_name ()">
<a name="g-source-get-name"></a><h3>g_source_get_name ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">char</span>*         g_source_get_name                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Gets a name for the source, used in debugging and profiling.
The name may be <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><span class="type">NULL</span></a> if it has never been set with
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-name" title="g_source_set_name ()"><code class="function">g_source_set_name()</code></a>.
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the name of the source
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.26</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_set_name ()">
<a name="g-source-set-name"></a><h3>g_source_set_name ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_set_name                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets a name for the source, used in debugging and profiling.
The name defaults to <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><span class="type">NULL</span></a>.
</p>
<p>
The source name should describe in a human-readable way
what the source does. For example, "X11 event queue"
or "GTK+ repaint idle handler" or whatever it is.
</p>
<p>
It is permitted to call this function multiple times, but is not
recommended due to the potential performance impact.  For example,
one could change the name in the "check" function of a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> 
to include details like the event type in the source name.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>debug name for the source
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.26</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_set_name_by_id ()">
<a name="g-source-set-name-by-id"></a><h3>g_source_set_name_by_id ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_set_name_by_id             (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> tag</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">char</span> *name</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets the name of a source using its ID.
</p>
<p>
This is a convenience utility to set source names from the return
value of <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add" title="g_idle_add ()"><code class="function">g_idle_add()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add()</code></a>, etc.
</p>
<div class="variablelist"><table border="0">
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>tag</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> ID
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>debug name for the source
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<p class="since">Since 2.26</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_get_context ()">
<a name="g-source-get-context"></a><h3>g_source_get_context ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="returnvalue">GMainContext</span></a> *      g_source_get_context                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Gets the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> with which the source is associated.
Calling this function on a destroyed source is an error.
</p>
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<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GMainContext" title="GMainContext"><span class="type">GMainContext</span></a> with which the source is associated,
              or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if the context has not yet been added
              to a source.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_set_callback ()">
<a name="g-source-set-callback"></a><h3>g_source_set_callback ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_set_callback               (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFunc" title="GSourceFunc ()"><span class="type">GSourceFunc</span></a> func</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Datasets.html#GDestroyNotify" title="GDestroyNotify ()"><span class="type">GDestroyNotify</span></a> notify</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets the callback function for a source. The callback for a source is
called from the source's dispatch function.
</p>
<p>
The exact type of <em class="parameter"><code>func</code></em> depends on the type of source; ie. you
should not count on <em class="parameter"><code>func</code></em> being called with <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> as its first
parameter.
</p>
<p>
Typically, you won't use this function. Instead use functions specific
to the type of source you are using.
</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the source
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>func</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a callback function
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the data to pass to callback function
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>notify</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a function to call when <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> is no longer in use, or <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS" title="NULL"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2" title="GSourceFunc ()">
<a name="GSourceFunc"></a><h3>GSourceFunc ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            (*GSourceFunc)                      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> data</code></em>);</pre>
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Specifies the type of function passed to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add-full" title="g_timeout_add_full ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add_full()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add" title="g_idle_add ()"><code class="function">g_idle_add()</code></a>, and <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add-full" title="g_idle_add_full ()"><code class="function">g_idle_add_full()</code></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>data passed to the function, set when the source was created with one
of the above functions.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>it should return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS" title="FALSE"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> if the source should be removed.
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_set_callback_indirect ()">
<a name="g-source-set-callback-indirect"></a><h3>g_source_set_callback_indirect ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_set_callback_indirect      (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> callback_data</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceCallbackFuncs" title="GSourceCallbackFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceCallbackFuncs</span></a> *callback_funcs</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Sets the callback function storing the data as a refcounted callback
"object". This is used internally. Note that calling 
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-set-callback-indirect" title="g_source_set_callback_indirect ()"><code class="function">g_source_set_callback_indirect()</code></a> assumes
an initial reference count on <em class="parameter"><code>callback_data</code></em>, and thus
<em class="parameter"><code>callback_funcs-&gt;unref</code></em> will eventually be called once more
than <em class="parameter"><code>callback_funcs-&gt;ref</code></em>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the source
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback_data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>pointer to callback data "object"
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback_funcs</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>functions for reference counting <em class="parameter"><code>callback_data</code></em>
                 and getting the callback and data
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_add_poll ()">
<a name="g-source-add-poll"></a><h3>g_source_add_poll ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_add_poll                   (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Adds a file descriptor to the set of file descriptors polled for
this source. This is usually combined with <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-new" title="g_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_source_new()</code></a> to add an
event source. The event source's check function will typically test
the <em class="parameter"><code>revents</code></em> field in the <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> struct and return <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if events need
to be processed.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> 
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fd</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> structure holding information about a file
     descriptor to watch.
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_remove_poll ()">
<a name="g-source-remove-poll"></a><h3>g_source_remove_poll ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_remove_poll                (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> *fd</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Removes a file descriptor from the set of file descriptors polled for
this source.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> 
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fd</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GPollFD" title="GPollFD"><span class="type">GPollFD</span></a> structure previously passed to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-add-poll" title="g_source_add_poll ()"><code class="function">g_source_add_poll()</code></a>.
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_get_current_time ()">
<a name="g-source-get-current-time"></a><h3>g_source_get_current_time ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span>                g_source_get_current_time           (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> *source</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Date-and-Time-Functions.html#GTimeVal" title="GTimeVal"><span class="type">GTimeVal</span></a> *timeval</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Gets the "current time" to be used when checking 
this source. The advantage of calling this function over
calling <a class="link" href="glib-Date-and-Time-Functions.html#g-get-current-time" title="g_get_current_time ()"><code class="function">g_get_current_time()</code></a> directly is that when 
checking multiple sources, GLib can cache a single value
instead of having to repeatedly get the system time.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>source</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>timeval</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>
<a class="link" href="glib-Date-and-Time-Functions.html#GTimeVal" title="GTimeVal"><span class="type">GTimeVal</span></a> structure in which to store current time.
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_remove ()">
<a name="g-source-remove"></a><h3>g_source_remove ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_source_remove                     (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#guint" title="guint"><span class="type">guint</span></a> tag</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Removes the source with the given id from the default main context. 
The id of
a <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSource" title="GSource"><span class="type">GSource</span></a> is given by <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-get-id" title="g_source_get_id ()"><code class="function">g_source_get_id()</code></a>, or will be returned by the
functions <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-attach" title="g_source_attach ()"><code class="function">g_source_attach()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add" title="g_idle_add ()"><code class="function">g_idle_add()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add-full" title="g_idle_add_full ()"><code class="function">g_idle_add_full()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add" title="g_timeout_add ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-timeout-add-full" title="g_timeout_add_full ()"><code class="function">g_timeout_add_full()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-add" title="g_child_watch_add ()"><code class="function">g_child_watch_add()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-child-watch-add-full" title="g_child_watch_add_full ()"><code class="function">g_child_watch_add_full()</code></a>, <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#g-io-add-watch" title="g_io_add_watch ()"><code class="function">g_io_add_watch()</code></a>, and <a class="link" href="glib-IO-Channels.html#g-io-add-watch-full" title="g_io_add_watch_full ()"><code class="function">g_io_add_watch_full()</code></a>.
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See also <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-destroy" title="g_source_destroy ()"><code class="function">g_source_destroy()</code></a>. You must use <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-destroy" title="g_source_destroy ()"><code class="function">g_source_destroy()</code></a> for sources
added to a non-default main context.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>tag</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the ID of the source to remove.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if the source was found and removed.
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_remove_by_funcs_user_data ()">
<a name="g-source-remove-by-funcs-user-data"></a><h3>g_source_remove_by_funcs_user_data ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_source_remove_by_funcs_user_data  (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#GSourceFuncs" title="GSourceFuncs"><span class="type">GSourceFuncs</span></a> *funcs</code></em>,
                                                         <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Removes a source from the default main loop context given the
source functions and user data. If multiple sources exist with the
same source functions and user data, only one will be destroyed.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>funcs</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>The <em class="parameter"><code>source_funcs</code></em> passed to <a class="link" href="glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-source-new" title="g_source_new ()"><code class="function">g_source_new()</code></a>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the user data for the callback
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if a source was found and removed. 
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<div class="refsect2" title="g_source_remove_by_user_data ()">
<a name="g-source-remove-by-user-data"></a><h3>g_source_remove_by_user_data ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean" title="gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            g_source_remove_by_user_data        (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer" title="gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> user_data</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Removes a source from the default main loop context given the user
data for the callback. If multiple sources exist with the same user
data, only one will be destroyed.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the user_data for the callback.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a class="link" href="glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS" title="TRUE"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if a source was found and removed. 
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